This is my second time reading Heroes by Stephen Fry.
And while I still enjoyed it, Stephen Fry is brilliant at telling stories and weaving them together, I felt like I was over the footnotes and constantly saying that this person or people will be explain later.
It got to a point where I was questioning if I should read the footnotes at all, but then what if I was missing out...
This is the only problem I had with Heroes, because I loved everything else.
For an amazing story teller like Stephen Fry, retelling stories of the Heroes from ancient Greek is perfect. He knows how to keep you hooked and intrigued in what these crazy mortals and especially immortals will do.
I've mentioned this in my review for Mythos; Hera and Zeus.
Zeus is a pig to put it nicely. Goes around just taking whatever he likes, and instead of being angry and taking her fury out on him, she takes it out on innocent victims.
Reading what she did with Heracles angered me so much that I actually had to put the book down for a while. And I know, it's basically "make believe", but I can still feel frustration on the Gods.
I loved reading about the heroes of these stories, each one tragic and beautiful as the next. Highly recommend Heroes, more so Mythos, if you love ancient Greece.
Until next time, happy reading
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